I just came home from the mall and kind of experienced a realization. While walking through the mall I over heard a conversation with two teenagers.
This is what they roughly said:
"Yo man, this got me feelin' nice." Says Kid One.
"What?" Says Kid Two.
"The morphine got me feelin' nice." Says Kid One.
"See, I told you...." Says Kid Two
Their conversation carried on as I walked into fye. For some reason this really bothered me. I know that a lot of kids do drugs and such but it just made me see something different. For some reason, sub-consciously I always though of drug addicts as adults. I mean, I don't know why I thought that, but I did. I'm around a few kids that abuse drugs a lot. But I never really acknowledged that they were drug addicts persay. I mean I would joke about it with them and they would ofcourse deny that statement. But just hearing that conversation in the mall made me feel weird. Well first of all, morphine is a highly addictive drug. Second of all, I've never been near someone in real life that has done it. It kind of bursted my bubble. Like drug addicts can be teenagers. In fact they probably started off as teenagers. It just opened my eyes, that I'm no longer protected by the "horrors" of the world by my parents.
Now I'm not squeaky clean--I pulled a stupid movie once and I highly regret it. But humans make mistakes, and I've learned from mine. I know that I have stated that I don't condemn drug dealers, and I still don't. But if people would just open their eyes and understand that drugs will lead to your downfall then please stop buying drugs. If one drug dealer stops selling, they'll just goto another one. It has nothing to do with the dealers and everything to do with the buyers. I don't know, we all do things that we regret. And It's just sad to wake up into reality. I guess once you grow out of your parents bubble, nothing seems so magical anymore. :-/
I don't think I'll ever be the same again.
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Morphine? Wtf? O.o
I must note that not all ADULT drug addicts are "creepy", and not all drug users are addicts.
That's an interesting observation you made there. Psychologically, a lot of people connect addiction, not use, to adults. Most believe that kids just "experiment." And while morphine may not be the choice drug where I live ("White" Islip, 3 guesses what you can buy in the bathrooms) it's a legit statement to be made. HBO had a great documentary on the subject.
Alot of drug addicts are parents and lead almost normal lives, especially hard-core alcoholics and people who abuse weed. The biggest effect the drugs have on their life is personally; productivity, and their relationships with their family are extremely effected. My personal definition of an "addict" is when they choose the drug over their family.
No-not all drug addicts are creepy adults. Someone who I loved and cared about deeply was an alcohol and drug addict for a very long time, my Father. I'm going to write a blog about this myself, but it's a very strange thing, drug addiction, it can take a person over and actually become the only source of freedom/expression/escape/solidarity/self-esteem/etc. that the addict feels they have. I have come to learn that no matter how much you care about yourself, your family, or your possesions, drug addiction needs only the smallest flaw to feed off of. Once the addict discovers their drug of choice can "fill" that void for them it becomes a downward spiral. Not to mention that without full knowledge of the effects of highly addictive drugs, it seems "harmless" to use once, however people's bodies can become easily dependant on drugs such as heroin and oxycontin. I often wondered after my Father passed away from a drug overdose whether it was something I did that made him use, but the truth is it was nothing anyone did but himself. Like you said people make mistakes and unfortunately when people make mistakes with drugs it could possibly lead to their demise or even death.
My sophomore year of high school I learned that one of my acquaintances was using morphine and similar drugs. She didn't get them for a dealer, however. She stole her fathers intense pain killers that he used to combat the pain a serious illness caused him. Not only did this girl hurt herself by dabbling in these drugs, she took away the relief her father needed to combat his illness. Drug abuse hurts more than the abuser.